November 2010

November 30, 2010

I don't think I have mentioned that Verve's Winter Project Parade is going on RIGHT NOW! Oh my gosh, you do not want to miss it as the Diva's have made amazing projects. Also, Julee is doing a bit of a different contest this time. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the parade posts and YOU could not only receive January's ENTIRE release but you could be chosen to be our guest DIVA!!! How cool is that? You can check out all the details HERE on the Verve blog.

My card today isn't for any challenge except I got THESE stamps from Gina K and really wanted to use them!! LOL!!!

This was a very simple card. I stamped the Hampton Arts Relaxed Snowman on Select White CS using Black Memento ink. I then colored him using my Prismacolor Pencils and cut him out. I stamped the beautiful frame from Lovely Labels 2 on Crumb Cake CS using Snow White ink (PTI) and then cut it out using my Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die. I then adhered my snowman, added the clear, coarse Martha Stewart glitter, two rhinestones and mounted it on top of a piece of Select White CS that I embossed using my embossing folder. The top corners of the card were rounded using my Creative Memories Corner Rounder. I then punched the lower portion of the Select White using my EK Success border punch, added a strip of Cherry Cobbler CS and tied on a piece of Aqua Mist ribbon. This entire piece was then mounted on a Aqua Mist card base.

November 28, 2010

I LOVE this stamp. I saw the inspiration challenge posted HERE on Gina K's Stamp TV blog and had to figure out how I could use my Grand Damask stamp. There is NOTHING in the picture that looks like damask BUT I did use a few of the colors AND I added black gingham because red gingham just wasn't going to work!!! LOL!!! Here is the inspiration picture ~

Here is my card ~

Do you see the resemblance? LOL!! The base is Select White with a mat of True Black then Select White again which was embossed using my SU! Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. The bottom edge was punched using my SU! border punch and I added a small strip of Red Glitter paper so it would tie in with the image. I stamped the beautiful damask flourish, from Grand Damask, stamping on Select White CS using Versamark ink. I then added Heat & Stick powder to the image, heated with my heat tool and then added red glitter and heated slightly again. I cut and embossed the image using my square Nesties and before removing the die, I outlined the image with a black marker. I matted this piece on Select Black. The sentiment, from Light of the Season, on Select White CS using Black Memento ink. I then cut it out using my Spellbinders Fancy Tags and added black velvet, black gingham, a silver charm and silver cord.

November 27, 2010

I am so messed up on the days this week! I have looked at the calendar and yes, it is Saturday and that means time for another CRAZY challenge! This weeks challenge is to include a script background on your card or project. The winner of last week's Wink Wink Ink sponsored challenge is posted HERE on the Crazy blog!

Is Stella hilarious or what?! I LOVE all of the Stella stamps from Totally Stampalicious!! Stella has my kind of sense of humor!! The stamp set I used today is called Let it Snow Stella. I stamped Stella on Select White CS, cut her out using my Circle Nesties and matted it with a Cherry Cobbler scalloped circle. I colored her using my Copics, added Stardust Stickles on the snowflakes and snow and then I used my Quickie glue pen and added white flock on her hat, muff and earmuffs! I stamped the Let it snow sentiment on a scrap piece of DP from Imaginisce, using Early Espresso ink. I then matted this piece with Early Espresso CS. The card base is Cherry Cobbler with a mat of Select White and then Kraft CS with a piece of red DP from Echo Park.

Here is a closer look at Stella and the snowflake, ribbon and button treatment ~

November 26, 2010

Happy Black Friday!!! LOL!!! I don't think I will be venturing out today. There isn't anything I need that bad to get up so early!!! LOL!!!

The card I am sharing with you today was made using THIS beautiful Grand Damask stamp. I had seen this stamp used on SCS a while back and knew that I had to have it! I love it!

The base of this card is Crumb Cake CS with a mat of Select White and then Lemon Tart CS. I embossed the lower portion of the Lemon Tart panel using one my SU! embossing folder. I stamped the damask image on the Lemon Tart CS using Crumb Cake ink. I stamped it again on Crumb Cake CS and then cut about an inch off the top using my pinking shears and punched the bottom using my SU! border punch. I then lined it up to line up with the lower portion of the first stamped image, trimmed the sides, taped it down and added a strip of Ivory burlap string. The final step was to add the small, clear Memory Box rhinestones.

This was really a simple card and I really like the colors. I will definitely using these colors again!

November 25, 2010

I have a couple Verve cards to share with you today and most importantly, tell you that Julee is having a BIG Sale! You can check out all the sale details HERE!

My first card today is actually very similar to one that I made during the Winter release. I intended to submit this card to Paper Crafts but have been rejected so many times and the time it takes to submit, I decided that I just didn't have the time so I will share it with you here today! LOL!!!

The base of this card is Cranberry Crisp with a mat of True Black and the 2 different DP's from Making Memories Mistletoe Collection. I distressed all edges using my SU! distressing tool. The ribbon is May Arts Silk Burgundy ribbon and can be found HERE. The pins are from Maya Road. I stamped the Sweet Scallop tag on Vintage Cream CS using Black Memento ink and then cut it out using my Sweet Scallop tag die. I distressed the edges and sponged Ranger Antique Linen. I then stamped the Christmas Blessings sentiment using Cranberry Crisp ink. The final step was to add a Christmas tree that I cut from the DP and tie the tag on using THIS Ivory burlap string.

My next card was one I whipped up to send to my brother for his Birthday ~

I swear, this took less than 5 minutes! The card base is Kraft and is 4 1/4 square. I scored a 3 3/4" square in the center using my Scor-pal. The trees are from a scrapbooking kit I have had for a long time by My Minds Eye. I think it is Around and About? Anyway, I added the cork base that I cut with my pinking scissors, stamped the sentiment from Verve's Big Wish set using Early Espresso ink and then added the red MAMBI rhinestones. Easy!

November 24, 2010

I hope you are all ready for Thanksgiving!! I'm certainly not! lol We don't have big plans although I am hoping to get some cleaning done and reorganizing. I always have big ideas but the reality of it is that I don't get it done because I find other things I'd rather do like stamping!!!

Today's Serendipity challenge is to stamp make a coaster or actually, it can be a wall hanging as well. I'm not sure what I will do with mine yet but I haven't made one of these in years so it was really fun to do it again. I forgot how easy it is.

If you are not familiar with stamping on tumbled tiles, you might want try it! SUPER easy and a really nice, inexpensive gift. The tiles are 4x4 and can be purchased at Lowe's or Home Depot. Maybe other places but I have always gotten mine at Lowe's. Clean the tile and stamp on it using Stazon ink. You can color with Watercolor Pencils & blender pen, chalks, Sharpies and today I used Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. The image, of course, is from Serendipity Stamps and THIS Geese stamp. Oh my gosh, when I went in to link this stamp, I saw THIS Train on Track stamp! I am definitely going to make a coaster using that stamp, it would be perfect! Maybe one of my teammates used it. Here are the links to their blogs so you can see what stamps they used!!!

November 22, 2010

Last week I had received some stamps I ordered from Gina K and just recently had time to use them! I hate that!!! Anyway, I made a Christmas card for a change!! LOLOL!!!

The base of this card is Cherry Cobbler CS with the bottom DP coming from THIS Webster's Pages Collection. I punched the top edge using my EK Success border punch and then matted it with a piece of True Black CS that I punched using the same border punch. The next mat is also from the Webster's Pages Collection, was matted with True Black CS and then I added some misc. black lace. THIS DARLING frame, by Nina Brackett for Gina K, was stamped on another pattern of DP using Black Memento ink. I cut it out using my Labels 9 Nesties and then matted it with a Select White mat that was also cut using the same Labels 9 Nesties. I added the sentiment from THIS set called Light of the Season, using Cherry Cobbler ink.

I made the rose, this time using grungeboard! Of course I HAD to buy some and I must say it is a bit easier to work and quicker to make the flowers than using cardstock but both make really pretty flowers. HERE is my post that includes the link to a video to make the flowers. The final step was to add some tiny clear Memory Box rhinestones ot the flourish. Here is a closer look ~

November 21, 2010

Things should start to get back to normal now. My son's football team lost today down in NC for the Regionals. I have mixed feelings as I of course wanted them to win and then move on to the Nationals in Florida but with Thanksgiving and then Christmas just around the corner, I'm a bit relieved we won't be leaving for Florida in 2 weeks!! Joey and my husband are on their way home now, just in time to get ready for school and work tomorrow!!! LOL!!

Since I didn't go, I was able to play along with this week's featured stamper challenge at SCS. Sarah is being featured and her wonderful gallery can be found HERE. I found a ton of cards I would like to CASE but since I am limited on time, I chose this one.

The base of this card is Dark Chocolate, with a mat of Eggplant and then a piece of DP from Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather Collection. I punched the bottom with my SU! border punch. I stamped the beautiful butterfly from Gina K's Take Flight set, on the another polka dot pattern of paper also included in the Mitten Weather set using Cocoa Memento ink, cut it out and used a purple Prismacolor Pencil to add some color. I stamped the image again directly on the DP as well as the flourish, from THIS Grand Damask set. The sentiment is from Verve's Christmas in the Air set and was stamped using Eggplant ink. Of course I had to add some small Memory Box clear rhinestones! Here is a closer look~

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have had a wonderful weekend!

November 20, 2010

Hope you have big plans this weekend! Today's Crazy challenge is a circle challenge. Cindy has asked us to add circles to our cards! To make sure I didn' t screw it up at all, I made a circle card!!! This week we have a new sponsor and prize! Our sponsor is Wink Wink Ink! The darling digi image I chose to use is THIS one which is called Bunny Blessing.

The card base is Cherry Cobbler and was cut using my scalloped circle Nesties. The DP is HERE from Echo Park and was cut using my circle Nesties. The darling Bunny Blessing image was printed on Select White CS and then colored using my Copics. Around the edges of the 2 circles, I added Martha Stewart tinsel glitter by running my Quickie glue pen along the sides. The final step was to add the Martha Stewart bakers twine and May Arts Ivory burlap string by tying on the 2 silver bells. Here is a closer look at the darling image ~

Wink Wink Ink has some REALLY cute images! For more samples of these darling images, be sure to check out the Crazies blogs!

November 18, 2010

It has been a while! I'm sorry. We have had a lot going on around here and when my mind is elsewhere, crafting is the last thing I can focus on. I did have a great time yesterday at the Marine Corp. Museum in Quantico with my daughters 5th grade class! The kids are such great kids and the museum is fantastic. I have been there a number of times but they add new features all the time. If you are ever in the area, be sure to stop by. It is free and really easy access off I95!! Anyway, since the mojo is a NO-GO, I am going to share a couple cards with you that I made a week or so ago.

These were SO simple. The Kraft card base is 4 1/4" square and was scored 1/4" in on each side to make a square frame. The butterflies were cut from my SU! Sizzix butterfly die from Cosmo Cricket DP. The sentiment is from Serendipity Stamps and can be found HERE. I stamped the pink butterfly sentiment using Cocoa Memento ink and the music butterfly has Black Memento. Of course I just added some misc. clear rhinestones to the represent the butterflies bodies. Here are some close-ups ~

See how simple? I am going to make some more of this as I think they would make a nice set. A thank you sentiment would be perfect for Holiday thank you notes!